Mary MacKillop College

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Welcome to Mary MacKillop College - a great place for young women to learn! Girls in Year 7 - 12 enjoy a diverse and innovative curriculum in a Catholic school where the teachers are dedicated to giving their all for the students' benefit. Students and staff alike love being at Mary MacKillop College. There is a strong sense of shared purpose. It's a faith-filled and hope-filled place. It's a place of a warm and friendly welcome. In the playground, in the classrooms, and along with the verandahs, we are always greeted by inquisitive, enthusiastic young women eager to listen, share, and learn.
We believe in the growth potential of every one of our students. We are deliberately smaller than the other girls' schools on Brisbane's north side, which means our girls don't get lost in the crowd. Behind each young face is a remarkable story we seek to know, celebrate, and extend.
Expectations are high at Mary MacKillop College. Learning excellence is evident in great results across all year levels. Learning progress is tracked for each student in a comprehensive goal setting, review, and support process. Students have access to diverse learning enrichment opportunities, including university short courses, vocational courses, masterclasses, national and international competitions, and assessments.
Student initiative and leadership is nurtured and encouraged. Action and advocacy for social justice are integral to the life of the College. Music, art, drama, and sporting activities abound. There are multiple camps, tours, and expeditions on offer. Up-to-date, high-class spaces and facilities span the campus.
Inspired by Australia's first Saint's life and spirit, the young women of Mary MacKillop College learn what it is to live principled lives - lives characterized by a passion for justice, deep integrity, and compassion. We hope you enjoy learning about Mary MacKillop College as you browse our website. Don't hesitate to give us a call or email if you need to know more.
At Mary MacKillop College, you will find a community committed to bringing out the best in every student. It is a great place to learn. Girls in Years 7 -12 enjoy a diverse and innovative curriculum in a school where the teachers are dedicated to giving their all for the students' benefit. It is a faith-filled and hope-filled place. It is a place of a warm and friendly welcome.
Students and staff alike love being at Mary MacKillop College. There is a strong sense of shared purpose to see the growth of every one of our students. The College, founded by the Sisters of St Joseph, caters to the diversity of needs of young women by providing an education that realizes the dream of Mary MacKillop – a proper education that resides in the hearts, minds, and strengths of each person as they journey to wholeness. As a medium-sized school of approximately 500 students, Mary MacKillop College prides itself on each student being known and recognized for their strengths and support through their learning journey.
The curriculum, spirituality, artistic and scholastic expression, relationships, culture, planning for the future, and living of life all give credence to feminine visions and capacities. In keeping with the spirit of Mary MacKillop, founder of the Order of the Sisters of St Joseph, the College continues to have a strong emphasis on faith, community, and pastoral care as well as on an education suited to the needs of the times. Mary MacKillop College aims to provide the environment, the resources, and the freedom for each young woman to grow towards her full potential in all aspects of her life intellectual, physical, social, and spiritual. A Mary MacKillop education aims to help prepare young women to take their places in the world proudly and confidently and lead them to an awareness of all the world's options.
Mary MacKillop College, a Catholic Girls' Secondary College situated at Nundah, is committed to excellence in young women's education. As a Catholic school for young women, the community is dedicated to learning and spirit. The curriculum, spirituality, artistic and scholastic expression, relationships, culture, planning for the future, and living of life all give credence to enhancing and challenging feminine visions and capacities.
The College seeks to immerse students in the knowledge, practices, and dispositions necessary to operate effectively in information-rich environments. Students are provided with a computer as part of the College's one-to-one laptop program. They are engaged in transforming data to information, information to knowledge, and knowledge to wisdom in all curriculum areas.
Besides the range of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities that form part of everyday school life, the College offers several extended social justice initiatives, university studies, work placements, school-based apprenticeships, and traineeships. Students can awaken their potential, explore the richness of life's opportunities, and confront issues through the College's Learning and Enrichment Faculty, Career Advisor, and Counsellor.
The College responds to the call of Jesus to spread the Good News and does so in its educational mission. The College Community commits to educating young women in a Catholic context; each student is encouraged to grow in her awareness of herself and all Creation's sacredness. In participating in this journey in the College context, students are encouraged to build on and grow into the right relationship.
A holistic education that is diverse and dynamic. Mary MacKillop College is an inclusive community that celebrates the gifts of each individual. We are open to the discernment of and response to the fullest educational needs of its students. This is pursued through a commitment to dialogue with students and their families in a professional, intelligent, informed, impassioned, and Spirit-based context.
A community of difference Mary MacKillop College promotes the truth that educated and enabled young women are great contributors to life. Within the College community, the values of equality of opportunity, justice, respect, and tolerance are embedded in all we do. The community is embodied and defined in their passion for life, eagerness to do good, and in their powerful feminine presence.

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